is this normal?

[MikeDom]

This rescue plant of Hilderwintera aureispina appears to be suddenly offsetting down the branches. I know it grows multibranched but these offsets seem to detach relatively easily., so presumably you remove them to keep the branches clean?

[el48tel]

This rescue plant of Hilderwintera aureispina appears to be suddenly offsetting down the branches. I know it grows multibranched but these offsets seem to detach relatively easily., so presumably you remove them to keep the branches clean?

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Being unknowledgeable, I ask, "Do the offsets root easily?"

[MikeDom]

This rescue plant of Hilderwintera aureispina appears to be suddenly offsetting down the branches. I know it grows multibranched but these offsets seem to detach relatively easily., so presumably you remove them to keep the branches clean?

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Being unknowledgeable, I ask, "Do the offsets root easily?"

I haven't tried to root them down, I view them more as an 'inconvenience'.

[ianstrutt]

Given how much nurseries are charging for tiny cuttings of these I’d say you’re on to a winner!

Off topic, but some cracking tylecodons in one of your photos there.

[edds]

I don't find Hildewintera usually that keen to produce offsets. It might be worth checking the growing points of those two branches. If the apical meristem is damaged or has died then you will find lots of lateral meristems often start into growth.

I'd let them get a bit bigger and then they should root relatively easily and grow on.

[MikeDom]

Thank you all, I'll let them grow on, having stabilised the pot to prevent it falling over, and will probably end up rooting the offsets.